2. Story reminded me of how CIA created a fake vaccination program in Pakistan, also as a front for spying.
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3. And recent death of Ken Taylor should remind us CIA used Canadian embassy in Iran as a listening post.
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@HeerJeet Missionaries often been drawn into this sort of thing in US espionage (sometimes wittingly, sometimes not). 1/?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet In history, the missionary has been good cover for such ops. Papal envoys functioned as embassies (w/ embedded agents), e.g. 2/?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet US history in this is very ambiguous. Before 1975, missionaries often debriefed by OSS (in China, many volunteered) & CIA 3/?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet But after Church hearings, some religious groups pushed for official CIA ban on recruiting their people (like w/ Peace Corps) 4/?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet CIA did not want to be limited; TMI there isn't real restriction on using missionaries/churches, maybe "gentleman's agreement" 4/?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Surprising that op seemed 100% divorced from explicitly Xtian work; outside of WW2, direct religion-ops link usually v. strong 6/?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Level of commitment/"witting" varies a lot. In WW2, missionaries became OSS saboteurs. In 1980s LatAm, mainly disbursed USGOV$ 7/?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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